Word-counting attachment for type-writers and type-setting machines.



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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1910. 1,030,075. Patented June' 18, 1912.

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ELMER FRANCIS GOIN, OF NARDIN, OKLAHOMA.

WORD-COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITERS AND TYPE-SETTING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 21, 1910.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Serial No. 568,107.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELMER F. GOIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Nardin, in the county of Kay and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Improved ord-Counting Attachment for Type-Writers and Type-Setting Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention is an improvement in word registering devices for typewriters and typesetting machines, and has in view a compact registering appliance applicable to any typewriting or typesetting machine, and. readily thrown into and out of operation, as well as reset, by the working of depressible keys. Thus, the entire working of the counting device can be carried on the same as if it formed a part of the key-operated mechanism of the typewriter or typesetting machine.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the attachment connected to the spacing bar of a typewriter or typesetting machine, with a portion of the attachment casing broken away to better show the interior construction; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the initial registering disk; Fig. 8 is a like view of the intermediate registering disk; Fig. 4 is a like view of the outer registering disk; Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the attachment complete as applied to a typewriter or typesetting machine; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section through the attachment; Fig. 7 is a cross-section through the attachment, showing the registering disks set in initial position, and the setting device retracted; Fig. 8 is a similar view showing the setting device at an intermediate point of the setting operation; Fig. 9 is a similar view showing the setting device in position immediately after the registering disks have been set; Fig. 10 is a side view of the feed ratchets and pawl; Fig. 11 is a similar view showing the pawl in position to turn the first and second registering disks; Fig. 12 is a like view showing the pawl in position to turn all of the disks; and 13 is .a perspective fragmentary view showing the catch for retaining the counting device thrown out.

The invention in its more specific nature comprises a countershaft 15, suitably supported on a base 16, and having secured thereto the outer registering disk 17 Revo luble on the shaft 15 is the second registering disk in order, 17 having an extended hollow shaft 15 upon which is revolubly mounted the initial registering disk 17*, having a hollow shaft 15 slightly shorter than the shaft 15. The three disks give the attachment a registering capacity of one thousand words at one time, which is ordinarily sutficient. If, however, desired,the number of disks and shafts may be increased indefinitely. To the shaft 15, hollow shaft 15 and hollow shaft 15 are respectively se cured ratchet wheels 18, 18 and 18 the ratchet wheels successively increasing in diameter, the larger ratchet wheel being 18". Each ratchet wheel is shown to have ten teeth, corresponding to the number of the registering disks, the teeth of the ratchet wheel 18 being of uniform depth, the ratchet wheels 18 and 18 each having one tooth, equal in depth to the depth of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 18.

The numbering on the disks and the teeth of the ratchet wheel is kept in alinement at each working of the register, by springs 19, which are fixed at one end, and at the opposite end engage the teeth of the respective ratchet wheels. A pawl 20 is pressed to the ratchet wheels by a spring 21, and is carried at the lower end of a link 22, which link in turn is operatively connected to an actuating bar 23, the latter being connected to the spacer bar 24 of the typewriter or typesetting machine, by a link 25, the connections between the link and the bars 23 and 2% being adjustable so that the bar 28 may be given the proper throw for the operation of the register. In addition to the outer registering disk 17, and ratchet wheel 18, there is attached to the shaft 15, a pinion 2G, with which is movable a laterally-extending setting arm 27, the latter being supported so as to be retractible from the disks, which is ef fected by providing the hub of the pinion 26 with a radial arm 28, on which the setting arm 27 is slidable, the setting arm being normally forced inwardly and yieldingly supported by a spring 29. The setting arm when in inoperative position is engaged under a keeper 30, which retracts the arm against the tension of the spring 29, and draws the arm out of the path of setting pins 31 attached to the respective registering disks. When, however, the pinion 26 is turned to release the setting arm from the keeper 30, the arm is brought to the disks by the spring, and as it travels about the disks it engages the setting pins 31 and brings all of said disks to initial position, at which point, as shown in Fig. 9, the setting arm contacts with a stop 32, attached to the arm or keeper 30, the latter being also provided with an offset in its length, which provides a shoulder 33, with which the setting arm contacts when moved'to its normal position.

For holding the setting device I provide a depressible key 34 extending to a convenient position for operation and having attached thereto a segmental. gear 35 in mesh with the pinion 26, the segmental gear being normally forced by a spring 36, in a direction to automatically return the depressible key 34 and the setting arm when the key is released.

For throwing the register out of operation, the counter is provided with a depressible key 37, operatively connected to the feed pawl 20 by a link 38, the link being fulcrumed to a point of the pawl so thatwhen the key 37 is depressed, the pawl will pass out of the path of the ratchet wheel, whereby no movement will be transmitted to the registering disks from the operation of the spacer bar 24. For maintaining the register out of operation, the key 37 is provided with a depending offset arm 39, adapted to engage under a catch 40 when the key is in its depressed position (see Fig. 13), and thus retain the key from returning. The catch 40" is carried by the upright arm of a bell-crank lever 41, which is pivotally supported on the base 16 and normally forced in a direct-ion by a spring 42, to retain the catch 40; in engagement with the arm 39. The head of the catch it will be noted is normally held in a horizontal position either by a weight or the spring shown, and is adapted to tilt under pressure and allow the arm 39 to pass thereunder to prevent the return of the arm and key. For releasing the catch from the arm and in this way again throwing the counter into operation, I provide a depressible key 43 fulcrumed at its inner end, and at an intermediate point provided with a support 44 seating on the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever 41. By depressing the key 43 it is apparent that the catch 40 will be retracted against the tension of the spring 42, and will be drawn from engagement with the arm 39. The counter is provided with a casing 45 which seats on the base and serves as a support for a number of the working parts, as shown, the casing having the usual opening 46 for reading the register, and provided with slots for the passage of the arms of the keys 37 and 43, as also the bearing at the end for the ofiset portion of the arm of the key 34, carrying the segmental gear 35.

ing position for the operator, and after short practice can be operated with the same ease as if it formed a part of the type-working mechanism.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination with a typewriter ma chine having a spacer, a word counter operatively connected to the spacer, having a depressible key to throw the counter out of operation, said count-er having a catch arranged to automatically engage the key and hold the latter in a depressed position, and provided with a second depressible key to release the said catch.

2. The combination with a typewriter machine having a spacer, of a word counter operatively connected to said spacer so as to be operated thereby, said word-counter having depressible engaging, releasing and setting keys adapted to respectively throw said counter out of operation, release the same for operation, and to set said counter.

3. In a word counter for typewriter machines, a series of registering disks, a ratchet wheel operatively connected with each disk, a pawl normally forced into engagementwith the ratchet wheel, a depressible key to throw the pawl out of operation, operatively connected thereto, a catch to hold the key in a depressed position, and a depressible key to release the catch.

4. In combination with a typewriter machine having a spacer, a word counter operat-ively connected to the spacer, and independently actuated devices to respectively throw the counter out of operation and release the same for operation.

5. In a word counter for typewriter machines, a series of registering disks, each having a setting projection, and a setting arm yieldingly forced toward the disk and mounted to swing into engagement with the projections and return the disks to initial position.

6. In a word counter for typewriter machines, a shaft, a series of registering disks arranged on the shaft, each disk having a setting projection, a setting arm mounted to swing concentrically of the shaft and arranged to move into engagement with the projections and return the disks to setting position, a spring normally forcing the arm to the disks, and a keeper adapted to engage the arm and retract it against the tension of the springs out of the path of the said projections.

7. In a word counter for typewriter machines, a shaft, a series of registering disks arranged on the shaft, each disk having a setting projection, a pinion fixed to the shaft, a setting arm carried by the shaft, having a spring normally forcing it toward the disk, a depressible key having a segmental gear in mesh with the pinion to move the arm in engagement with the projections and return the registering disks to initial position, a keeper to retract the setting arm out of the path of the said projections, and a spring tending to return the arm under the keeper and the key to initial position.

8. In a word counter for typewriter machines,a series of registering disks,aratchet wheel fixed relatively to each' disk, a pawl normally forced to the ratchet wheel, a de vice to move the pawl out of the path of the ratchet wheel, operatively connected thereto, a catch arranged to automatically engage with the device and hold it against return movement, and a second device to throw out the catch.

9. In a word counter for typewriter machines, a series of registering disks, each disk having an attached shaft, with the shafts successively fitting over each other, and each provided with a ratchet wheel, with the ratchet wheels successively increasing in diameter from the inner to the outer shaft, the larger ratchet wheels each having its tooth out to the depth of the teeth of the smaller ratchet wheel, a pawl normally Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

